Product Details anti-Growth Hormone 1 Antibody

This antibody recognizes human Growth Hormone (GH), which acts to control body growth and metabolic activity. In Western blotting a band of approximately 20 kDa is seen using lysates of human pituitary gland.

Purification

Purified IgG prepared by affinity chromatography on Protein G

Immunogen

Growth hormone from ovine pituitary.

Isotype

IgG

Target Details Growth Hormone 1

Human growth hormone (hGH) plays an important role in growth control. Its major role in stimulating body growth is to stimulate the liver and other tissues to secrete IGF-1. The effects of hGH in the body can be generally described as anabolic. It stimulates amino acid uptake and protein synthesis in muscle and other tissues. Growth Hormone (GH1) is synthesized by acidophilic or somatotropic cells of the anterior pituitary gland. Genes for growth hormone (GH) are found in a gene cluster on 17q, which consists of two growth hormone genes and three CSH genes. The GHN1 gene is transcribed exclusively in the pituitary, whereas the other 4 genes are expressed only in placental tissues. Several isoforms of GH1 exist. Human growth hormone (hGH) is also used as a reporter protein, because it is secreted from mammalian cells it can be assayed by ELISA on culture supernatant using antibodies to determine the level of expression.Synonyms: Growth hormone 1, HGH, Pituitary growth hormone

Application Details

Western blot: 1/50-1/500. Immunofluorescence: 1/10-1/100. Immunohistochemistry on Frozen Sections. Immunohistochemistry on Paraffin Sections: 1/500-1/4000. Other applications not tested. Optimal dilutions are dependent on conditions and should be determined by the user.